Contributions of mesozooplankton to vertical carbon export in a coastal upwelling system

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 491, Issue , 2013, Pages 47-65

  Stukel, Michael R ^a,c   Ohman, Mark D ^a   Benitez Nelson, Claudia R ^b   Landry, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon flux; Copepod; Detritus; Diel vertical migration; Euphausiid; Export production; Fecal pellet; Sedimentation

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON FLUX; CRUSTACEAN; DETRITUS; DIEL MIGRATION; FECAL PELLET; MARINE SNOW; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; THORIUM ISOTOPE; UPWELLING; VERTICAL MIGRATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

CALIFORNIA CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84885075529     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10453     Document Type: Article

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